Who remembered that Gamescom offers out awards? Yep. On the finish of each occasion, the present arms out awards to all eligible video games which can be current on the Cologne-based expo. Certainly one of these classes is the ‘Greatest Nintendo Sport’, which has been round since 2012. Nevertheless, the award will not be handed out this 12 months because the organisers have scrapped the award for 2024.
TheGamer, who reported on the story, reached out to Gamescom’s organisers in regards to the determination to scrap the award, and their response revealed that there have been “too few submissions” for the class. Here is the temporary assertion in full:
“There have been too few submissions for the Greatest Nintendo Swap class this 12 months. The award committee, subsequently, determined to cancel the class.”
To be eligible for an award at Gamescom, which kicks off tomorrow (twentieth August), your sport must be current on the occasion. Plus, you additionally have to submit your sport ahead for an award, and relying on what number of, there is a submission payment. As a result of Nintendo has already confirmed it will not be on the present, nicely, the above response was to be anticipated.
Nevertheless, that does not imply there are not any Swap video games at Gamescom 2024: Little Nightmares III and Civilization VII have been confirmed to be making an look, and we’re certain there will likely be loads of others on the present ground. So a mixture of Nintendo’s absence, builders prioritising different awards, and maybe an absence of huge Swap titles in 2024 imply that the award was scrapped for this 12 months. Effectively, there’s all the time subsequent 12 months…
Nintendo dominated the Gamescom 2023 awards, albeit with a sport that was already launched: somewhat title generally known as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (as a result of it was playable on the present, it was eligible for the awards). It gained 5 awards, together with Greatest Gameplay, Greatest Nintendo Sport, and Most Epic.
However arguably the massive information from the present was the stories that the corporate had proven off Swap successor demos to press behind closed doorways. In addition to this, some rumours pointed at Breath of the Wild demo working at 4K and 60fps on the Swap successor.
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[source thegamer.com]
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Alana has been with Nintendo Life since 2022, and whereas RPGs are her past love, Nintendo is a detailed second. She enjoys nothing greater than overthinking battle methods, characters, and tales. She additionally needs she was a Sega air pirate.
